Forestry

In comparison to the other Laender throughout Germany the largest share of the forest area of agricultural and forestry holdings Bavaria is found in with a percentage of 22%. This is followed by Baden-Wuerttemberg with about 13% as well as Brandenburg and Lower Saxony in each case with about 10 % of this area.

In 2008 the annual fellings in Germany amounted 55 million cubic meters without bark. This is a reduction of about 28% compared to the year 2007 with a volume of 77 million cubic meters. As in the year 2007 as well in 2008 the coniferous wood has the largest rate of the fellings in Germany with 77%.


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